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Darius

Mentioned 521–514 BC traditional (Jones)

Mentioned in 16 verses, first in Ezra 4:5.

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16 verses

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Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Darius, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. location not graded: Persia3
  2. location not graded: Beyond the River2
  3. likely location: Jerusalem2
  4. location not graded: Babylonia1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 546–489 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

16 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Ezra10
  2. Haggai3
  3. Zechariah3

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBDarius 26
KJVDarius 25
ASVDarius 25

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Every verse

All 16 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Ezra10 verses
  1. 4:5

    They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

  2. 4:24

    Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

  3. 5:5

    But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

  4. 5:6

    This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

  5. 5:7

    The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.

  6. 6:1

    Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

  7. 6:12

    May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

  8. 6:13

    In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

  9. 6:14

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

  10. 6:15

    And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Haggai3 verses
  1. 1:1

    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating

  2. 1:15

    on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

  3. 2:10

    On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

Zechariah3 verses
  1. 1:1

    In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:

  2. 1:7

    On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.

  3. 7:1

    In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.